The Internship (2013)
The salient point of this discussion centers on the film "The Internship," a comedic exploration of two salesmen navigating the high-tech environment of Google. The discourse delves into the juxtaposition of traditional salesmanship against the backdrop of digital innovation, highlighting the humor found in the characters' misadventures. Both hosts articulate their appreciation for the film's blend of witty dialogue and heartfelt moments, emphasizing its underappreciated status within the comedy genre. With a narrative that intertwines personal growth and teamwork, the episode offers an insightful reflection on the evolving dynamics of interpersonal relationships in a technology-driven world. Ultimately, we encourage our listeners to engage with this film, as it presents not only laughter but also valuable lessons about connection and adaptability in modern society.
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The, the addition of naked doesn't add anything, right.
Speaker A:Any value to this movie because the, the value and the funny is just watching yo, yo, get a lap dance and keep freaking losing it.
Speaker A:And he's standing in front of the freaking hand dryer and I love it's volume or the.
Speaker A:Oh, it was like, man, the staying power is impressive.
Speaker A:Or the recovery time is really maybe.
Speaker B:Double up on the underwear.
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Speaker A:It is the internship.
Speaker A: ,: Speaker A:It was written by Vince Vaughn and Jared Stern, was directed by Sean Levy.
Speaker A:It stars Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rose Byrne, Asif Mandi, Max Mangilla, Josh Brenner, Dylan o', Brien, Tia Sakar, Tobit, Rafael Capati, Jessica Zor, Rob Riggle again, Eric Andre and Josh Gad.
Speaker A:It's about two salesmen whose careers have been torpedoed by the digital age, find their way into a coveted internship at Google, where they must compete with a group of young tech savvy geniuses for a shot at employment.
Speaker A:This is another one of mine.
Speaker A:Yeah, this was an accidental find.
Speaker A:Like, this is one I didn't watch in the theaters, I'll be honest.
Speaker A:Like Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn, I think are very funny.
Speaker A:I think Vince Vaughn's one of the funniest dudes on the planet and I love Owen Wilson when he does well and the two of them together obviously have some very iconic roles, but they're not typically like.
Speaker A:I like Wedding Crashers, but it's not like my pinnacle of comedy type thing.
Speaker A:I think there's moments, but I'm that way with these two.
Speaker A:It's very hit and miss with me.
Speaker A:So I didn't see this in the theater.
Speaker A:It was one that Casey and I were sitting around hanging out and I don't even remember what triggered it.
Speaker A:She's like, let's just watch it.
Speaker A:We watched it at home on like Amazon prime or whatever and I laughed my ass off at quite a bit of this movie.
Speaker A:I was like, this is a very charming, few funny movie.
Speaker A:And so it really stuck with me.
Speaker A:And the more I watch it, the funnier, the more little funny nuance pieces of this movie I caught.
Speaker A:And so every time I watch it, I enjoy it.
Speaker A:But I think, to me, this is one of their best.
Speaker A:And it's, it's sad because I think it slides under the radar for these guys because they've done so much other stuff that is more high brow and more high, you know, a list type movies and things like that than this one.
Speaker A:And I think this is one of their better ones, in my opinion.
Speaker A:And so it was just an accidental find, but it makes me giggle.
Speaker A:Like there's so much.
Speaker A:We talk about this a lot.
Speaker A:I.
Speaker A:Especially the intelligent humor.
Speaker A:There is a ton of intelligent humor in this movie.
Speaker A:And I think for me that's why it has become one of my more go to comedies.
Speaker A:Because there's a lot of things that I can laugh at regardless of the mood I'm in or what I'm looking for, because there's different versions of comedy.
Speaker A:Had you seen this before, Alec?
Speaker B:I had, so I'd seen it a couple times.
Speaker B:It's interesting though, because this for me is like there, there are parts of it where I'm spilling my snack.
Speaker B:But as an overall it's, it's weird.
Speaker B:It's in its own little category because I put this more as like that heartwarming feel good, like, you know, huzzah, hooray for us type movies where it's, it's interesting because this compared to what we've done for the rest of the month.
Speaker B:Yeah, it's night and day.
Speaker B:Everything else we went like as kind of funny.
Speaker B:Everything just go, go, go.
Speaker B:Several movies that are just SNL bits or just sketches that are lumped together.
Speaker B:And this is one where it's, it's movie, it's more movie than comedy.
Speaker B:And then there's parts of it because of most likely these two, but Shawn Levy as well.
Speaker B:Oh yeah.
Speaker B:There are parts that shine that they dove into where none of the other movies kind of went.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker B:Because most of the fun is making fun of the nerds that work at Google.
Speaker B:That's where all the funny.
Speaker B:Haha.
Speaker B:Cracking up.
Speaker B:It comes for me specifically is like these two guys who.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:Sales guys.
Speaker B:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:They played it so well because they're the go out.
Speaker B:I'm making the sale.
Speaker B:That's the only thing that's on their mind.
Speaker B:So yeah, I'm drinking with whoever I need to drink to get the free food.
Speaker B:Heck yeah.
Speaker B:That's how I make a sale.
Speaker B:This is how it's.
Speaker B:It's all people, people, people.
Speaker B:And it's so funny because you compare that to the, the nerd.
Speaker B:The very much like this is the, this is the algorithm, the formula that I have to go with.
Speaker A:Yep.
Speaker B:And so all the fun is like poking fun at the nerds.
Speaker B:And that's where I lose it.
Speaker B:Like, holy.
Speaker B:They're fucking Quidditch match.
Speaker B:I was dying.
Speaker B:It's set up so well to be like this is the sports portion of the, the internship tryout.
Speaker A:Oh yeah.
Speaker B:And then, and then it's Quidditch Y.
Speaker B:And I was just in tears because just like this is so stupid.
Speaker B:But they, they did it so well because this is also like that peak Harry Potter time.
Speaker B:And so they're just going straight for broke.
Speaker B:And I was in tears just laughing at it.
Speaker A:Oh yeah.
Speaker A:I, I love that.
Speaker A:See it at the end.
Speaker A:He's like, hey man, you know I love you like a brother.
Speaker A:Yeah man, I do anything for you.
Speaker A:I need your ice my balls away.
Speaker A:And I think that's why this movie gets me just like.
Speaker A:And it's funny.
Speaker A:It's a great comparison that you made.
Speaker A:Like a lot of the other things that we've done this month are like heavy slapstick, like heavy out there extreme comedy.
Speaker A:And this one is more subtle comedy.
Speaker A:Like it's, it's well delivered lines, perfect timing.
Speaker A:And I think you're right.
Speaker A:I think this goes to obviously Vince Vano and Wilson have a history of that.
Speaker A:They have great chemistry together.
Speaker A:They have wonderful timing.
Speaker A:And then Sean, you had Sean Levy in the mix who makes some funny and, and really smart and really touching and some serious movies too.
Speaker A:So it's like, it's just this really good combination of everything.
Speaker A:But there's some lines like the, the one villain dude, like, I guess the villain, the bad team, like he.
Speaker A:When he he's got the big dude on his team and he's just like, berates this guy constantly for being fat.
Speaker A:Like at the end when they're riding the bikes by the P. Like so fat.
Speaker A:So it's just so up.
Speaker A:But I can't help but laugh.
Speaker A:I'm like, oh my God, he is.
Speaker A:And then when he's picking his team and he's just go, where'd you go to school?
Speaker A:Would you.
Speaker A:No, you're not.
Speaker A:You go away.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:Like, it's just so much fun to watch these, this group of, like you said, misfits.
Speaker A:And I love too kind of what you were saying.
Speaker A:We're normally like making fun of the nerds is what people do, right?
Speaker A:Like, and then this one flips its on, flips it on its ear.
Speaker A:And you got these very suave sales guys that can have a conversation with people, strike up a conversation, get people to do what they want, anytime, anywhere, but they don't know about the technology.
Speaker A:And they're idiots when it comes to, like, this world that they're interning in.
Speaker B:Bug fly.
Speaker B:I'm getting fly gold bloom.
Speaker A:That's so good on the line online.
Speaker B:And we put it on the line.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:But it's so great to see the nerds get to make fun of these guys, right?
Speaker A:And it's so.
Speaker A:It's that.
Speaker A:That dichotomy of the two different, you know, worlds that they come from.
Speaker A:And it's these guys are out.
Speaker A:They're the fish out of water instead of most of the time you see the nerds that are fish out of water.
Speaker A:So I love that it changed that world because that's kind of where we're at too.
Speaker A:Like, nerds are taking over the world.
Speaker A:You know what I mean?
Speaker A:Like, they're the billionaires, and yet those of us that are smooth and suave are struggling in some cases.
Speaker A:So it's fun.
Speaker B:It's also interesting because another topic that we've had pretty much all month long has been this relatability or the realistic aspect.
Speaker B:You put yourself in the movie and see how it flows.
Speaker B:And like, I. I think probably a lot of it that I wasn't laughing at is because I've experienced.
Speaker B:So I'm like, no, no.
Speaker B:Like this shit's real.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And so you have this back and forth because I.
Speaker B:Earlier this year I went to a convention and the will I work I was in pizza convention right next door is an E. Commerce one.
Speaker B:So it just so happened that I was able to swap conventions because my Brother happened to be there because he's a nerd.
Speaker B:And so I was.
Speaker B:I was walking through the nerd convention talking to the nerds, and they're some of the smartest people you've ever met.
Speaker B:Like, the.
Speaker B:The knowledge that they possess is incredible.
Speaker B:The ability to talk to someone isn't there.
Speaker B:And so I.
Speaker B:And it's.
Speaker B:It's so great because you have John Goodman deliver what I think is one of the best lines in this movie, which is people don't like people.
Speaker B:Like, people hate people.
Speaker B:And so it's weird because I have.
Speaker B:I have the ability to network and talk to people I hate to do it drives me nuts, but I can.
Speaker B:And so even people that I worked with in a very more active kind of, you know, workplace where you're not this tech nerd, but you're dealing mostly with people.
Speaker B:I see them go to network events and I'll be like, dude, just sit down.
Speaker B:Like, it.
Speaker B:It was like watching that pizza scene at the end where they're trying to convince the guy to, you know, sign up with Google, except worse.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Because at least the Google nerds knew about Google and they could tell you about it.
Speaker B:And I've seen people networking.
Speaker B:My.
Speaker B:Dude, no, just sit.
Speaker B:Stop it.
Speaker B:You're making it so bad.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And so it.
Speaker B:It's like that, you know, it was a very good.
Speaker B:I just couldn't do the Sean Lee because it's a lot like free guy.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:In my mind.
Speaker B:And so you got this kind of really fun thing, but you also have a realistic behind it, which is you need both, you know, you.
Speaker B:And that's what makes a team.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:You don't need someone who can do it all or you don't need this, this Graham guy who, as the villain represents a lot of like, C level executives.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:And they're the guys who come in and it's boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.
Speaker B:You know, you.
Speaker B:Elevator pitch, you need to get me in 5 seconds type of a thing.
Speaker B:Like, you have to get your point across.
Speaker B:You know, that's how you make it in this world.
Speaker B:Just very, very strict.
Speaker B:You're, you know, everything that you've done in your entire life up to this point is what defines you and whether you're important to me or not, versus the, the team building and the more people oriented and the, like, you can learn pretty much anything.
Speaker B:It's just, you know, you don't have to have this magic kind of ingredient necessarily.
Speaker B:You can learn how to do it.
Speaker B:What you need is people around you who are going to help you, teach you, encourage you to.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:That you can then learn the knowledge.
Speaker B:And it's, it's both ways.
Speaker B:And so like the, you have these great moments where I am dying of laughter and then these also very like poignant feel good moments where I'm like, this is a really good movie.
Speaker B:And so it was, it's such a, it's such a turn from what we've been doing for the last.
Speaker B:Because you, you put this up to like the Hangover or Super Troopers and it's like one is way more funny than the other one, but this is a much better movie.
Speaker A:Yeah, for sure, for sure.
Speaker B:And so it's weird, but it's interesting.
Speaker B:I think the, they hit the realism factor on it so well.
Speaker B:To where, I mean, it's, it's, you could say there's a little heavy handed on like how much they didn't know about how computers work.
Speaker A:Sure.
Speaker B:But at the same point you're getting your point across just fine.
Speaker B:And you're doing it in such a way that makes it understandable because there's a couple lines in there where it's like, oh yeah, you hit the red X.
Speaker B:Or the, you know, minimize the window.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:You know, I want to say that that's like a stretch.
Speaker A:But listen, as a trainer for a good portion of my life in a call centers and tech world, to a certain degree, I can't tell you how many people I had come in that were a little older.
Speaker A:I had one lady, no, dude, what's a mouse?
Speaker A:I went, what?
Speaker A:God damn, we're in trouble.
Speaker A:So, I mean, it's out there.
Speaker A:But yes, I mean they certainly are heavy handed.
Speaker A:Like they take it to the extreme.
Speaker A:The stereotype.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:Like, but I do love that they flip it too with the nerds.
Speaker A:Like when he's given the, when they're playing Quidditch and he gives the Flash dance space, he's like, this reminds me of a girl who wanted to dance.
Speaker B:He's like, steel Milk.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Steel Mill.
Speaker A:Are you talking about that 80s movie?
Speaker A:Damn right I am.
Speaker A:And then he brings it back around at the end too.
Speaker A:Like, it's just so good because I find myself and I, and I don't know, obviously I'm a good portion older than you.
Speaker A:So for me, I found myself very much in the middle of this because of where I'm at.
Speaker A:I'm on that cusp of Gen X and Millennial.
Speaker A:And so I was in that first generation that had computers in the home.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:And so I've learned about Computers and the technology, and I'm pretty decent at a lot of it.
Speaker A:But I'm also on the flip side that old school.
Speaker A:I don't need a computer to do certain things right.
Speaker A:Like, and I sometimes feel like I would do it better without technology than I would with.
Speaker A:And I.
Speaker A:And I rely on, you know, heartwarming stories and analogies like these two guys do.
Speaker A:And I was a sales guy for a handful of years, and so I know all those techniques.
Speaker A:So for me, I'm straddling this line between nerd and this sales guy.
Speaker A:So it's really relatable for me to your point, because I'm like, laughing at the fact that they're talking code, and I don't understand when they start doing a lot of the heavy.
Speaker A:I'm like, I don't know what the they're saying, but I get enough of it that I'm like, okay, they're writing code.
Speaker A:I'm gonna stay out of that because I don't have the brain for it.
Speaker A:And then I'm laughing at the like.
Speaker B:Let'S let it percolate.
Speaker B:You gotta think.
Speaker A:And they're going through this activity of brainstorming like we used to do when I first started my professional career with a flip chart and a marker and we're writing down ideas and.
Speaker A:And just to get the brains thinking, you know what I mean?
Speaker A:So it's like this dual world where I'm like, okay, I can relate to both sides of this, which makes it, for me, hilariously funny because, like, I can see.
Speaker A:And then, like, for me, like, the.
Speaker A:The epitome of this movie or not the epitome, the pinnacle of this movie is when they go to the strip club when they're like, we got to.
Speaker B:Get out of here.
Speaker A:Like, they just finished having the Instagram conversation.
Speaker A:We got to go somewhere.
Speaker A:Let's go to the strip club.
Speaker A:And like, I laugh my ass off at that whole scene.
Speaker A:And this is another instance where there's an unrated version of this movie.
Speaker A:And I don't like it as well as I like the.
Speaker B:The.
Speaker A:The theatrical release of it.
Speaker A:In fact, like, I deleted the.
Speaker A:It used to be you could only buy the unrated version on Amazon, and I deleted it as soon as I could buy the normal version because I don't enjoy it as much.
Speaker A:The.
Speaker A:The addition of naked titties doesn't add anything, right.
Speaker A:Any value to this movie because the, the value and the funny is just watching yo, yo, get a lap dance and keep freaking losing it.
Speaker A:And he's Standing in front of the freaking hand dryer.
Speaker A:And I love its volume.
Speaker A:Or.
Speaker A:Oh, it was like, man, the staying power is impressive.
Speaker A:Or the recovery time is really.
Speaker B:Maybe double up on the underwear next time.
Speaker B:But it's so great because it's like four times.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Like, you get the one, you're like, oh, that's funny.
Speaker B:And then they just keep doing it.
Speaker B:And it's, it's.
Speaker B:It works because you have Owen Wilson is moving around.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:And so it makes it gives the impression like this is all happening like within a two minute period.
Speaker B:Because you, if you track Owen Wilson's movement.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Like, it doesn't look like he's, you know, just in there every single time where he's following yo yo around.
Speaker B:It looks like he's taken one trip to the restroom.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And Yo Yo's come back four times within this one stay that he's gone in.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Well, I love that he picks his eyebrow, like.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:Completely off.
Speaker B:Oh, my God, I was dying.
Speaker B:When you see his dad at the end, his dad's got the same thing.
Speaker A:And his mom's just this like, freaking tyrant that they keeps talking about.
Speaker A:Oh, it's great.
Speaker B:My mom says my mom hit me.
Speaker B:Hits harder than you do.
Speaker A:Dude, the fight scene in that is so funny.
Speaker A:It's just that whole strip club thing.
Speaker A:Because I also love too, where Vince Vaughn's giving Lyle, like the pep talk because he keeps trying to be something he's not, which is like so relatable because you're like, man, I'm not the guy.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:But so you try to be like.
Speaker A:He tries to talk all hip hop and.
Speaker A:And it just doesn't work.
Speaker A:And he's like, man, I kind of like Lyle.
Speaker A:You gotta just try being Lyle.
Speaker A:And then he goes over and he tells some really funny jokes to her.
Speaker A:He gets her laughing, like, busts.
Speaker A:This dude's nuts about being like, back to the future and like, Biff Tanning.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:It's so good.
Speaker B:And then.
Speaker A:So I to your point, like, I just love how wholesome it is.
Speaker A:Like, it's these two guys that are mentoring these kids in certain aspects of life.
Speaker A:And then you have these kids that are mentoring these guys that live in this bubble and need to get outside of that.
Speaker A:And so there's just like this real cool synergy in this group where they didn't want to be with each other, but they end up, like, really becoming important to each other.
Speaker A:And I just love that theme mixed in with the comedy.
Speaker A:And then you have random parts where you pull Rob Riggle and the old folks home.
Speaker A:Or get a little threesome action, little group pay so up.
Speaker B:So I'll tell you.
Speaker B:I was dying for a completely unrelated reason.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:But there's a senior.
Speaker B:You.
Speaker B:You probably know him.
Speaker B:What's his name?
Speaker B:Steve.
Speaker B:Ray or Steve.
Speaker A:Was it?
Speaker B:There's some guy who does just the funniest song songs from like the 80s 70s.
Speaker B:And one of the songs is like one of the people he talks about in his song, so.
Speaker B:Ray Stevens.
Speaker B:Ray Stevens.
Speaker A:Okay.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah, I know the song.
Speaker B:The song.
Speaker B:The streak.
Speaker A:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker B:Freaking love that song.
Speaker B:And it's.
Speaker B:Ethel is the name of the woman in the song.
Speaker B:And so when Rob Bragle's looking at her, goes Ethel.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:My mind went right back to the.
Speaker B:I was dying.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:Because it's just.
Speaker B:It was.
Speaker B:It almost felt like he was doing that on purpose probably.
Speaker B:He might have been.
Speaker B:I don't know.
Speaker A:I can see Wriggle doing it.
Speaker A:Rob, Genius Wriggle doing it.
Speaker B:But I was cracking up because.
Speaker A:Oh, yeah.
Speaker B:Not related in any way, shape or form to the movie.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:But it triggered that in my.
Speaker B:This Ray Stevens.
Speaker B:I was.
Speaker B:I was dying because it's.
Speaker B:It's just another level to this movie or another way that I could insert myself into this movie.
Speaker B:And another relatable thing was.
Speaker A:Turn up here.
Speaker B:Turn up your hearing aid.
Speaker A:It's so funny.
Speaker B:It's just, it's.
Speaker B:It's really well done and really well thought out.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:As a whole.
Speaker B:And I even love where you get these little like montages of the summer internship and you're seeing the different groups and teams and everybody's all like, you know, fighting against each other.
Speaker B:No, no, no.
Speaker B:This, this, this, this, this, this, this.
Speaker B:And every single time you get the.
Speaker B:The team that, you know is actually working as a team, you know, who's cheering each other on, kind of doing this development, growing, you know, encouragement type of a thing.
Speaker B:Everybody's getting their turn or their shot to be the one who's teaching or the one who's learning.
Speaker B:And it's that, you know, that very feel good team of misfits that comes together.
Speaker B:But at the same time, it's like, it's something that I really believe is like, when you're building a team, you can't have all the same person.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:So you can't have people who necessarily are the expert at the same things because you will have that tension and that fighting going on.
Speaker B:And so once, you know, these guys actually figured out, like, oh, hey, we have different strengths and Weaknesses, this is actually a good thing for us.
Speaker B:Then you're able to really kind of get that, that feel good, warm feeling.
Speaker B:Now you start rooting for him and you know it's coming, right?
Speaker B:You know exactly where this movie is going.
Speaker B:But it still is so well done to make it feel really natural.
Speaker B:And the progression is growing to the point where like really the reason why there's so much success is that these two morons are just, they're salespeople.
Speaker B:And salespeople do not understand the word no.
Speaker B:They don't understand adversity, if they're any good anyway.
Speaker B:And so it's, they're just pushing through every single objection that these nerds have to them being there.
Speaker B:And for the, the nerds, like usually that no is enough, right?
Speaker B:You can chase anybody away because you know, in, in their sphere of things, right?
Speaker B:Either compatible, you're not.
Speaker B:And usually it's based on someone's the boss, you're, you know, subservient to them type of a thing.
Speaker B:So that's why you have like Graham's team where he's just you, you, you, you, you're with me because of the looks.
Speaker B:Let's go take some 30 seconds to get his team.
Speaker B:And so you, you don't have that kind of sales type of just, you know, pushing through that endurance to like.
Speaker B:And they say it through the movie several times like, you're not gonna make me not like you or I'm gonna wear you down.
Speaker B:Like, you know, it's that self awareness of the fact too.
Speaker B:Like I've got you figured out.
Speaker B:I'm a people person, so you're not gonna get rid of me.
Speaker B:I'm gonna make you like me or I'm gonna wear you down.
Speaker B:Eventually you're gonna say yes.
Speaker B:It's kind of the, the attitude, the mentality behind it is so perfectly.
Speaker A:Yeah, well.
Speaker A:And I love that they spend time with every single one of the nerds individually too.
Speaker A:Like some of those conversations are really great.
Speaker A:Like the one with, with Nala Naha, the girl where he's like, she got a nice set of chompers on the old girl, like, you know, trying to boost her self esteem because she's this.
Speaker A:A lot of times we always think of the, the guy nerds who were like, oh, they can't get a girl.
Speaker A:But here you have this female nerd that she's struggling to feel like, you know, I'm not, I'm a virgin or I haven't had much experience with other.
Speaker A:With the opposite sex.
Speaker A:And that he's sitting there reassuring her and giving.
Speaker A:I love those moments of that connectivity like you were talking about.
Speaker A:Like, they have that ability to go, I'm a sales guy.
Speaker A:I'm going to show her.
Speaker A:You're.
Speaker A:You're just fine.
Speaker A:Like, you're beautiful.
Speaker A:You're great.
Speaker A:Someone's gonna snag you up.
Speaker A:Like, this is.
Speaker A:Or, hey, man, take a second and look up at the view.
Speaker A:And then I love the part where it connects at these.
Speaker A:Like, maybe we can just hang out here for a few minutes.
Speaker A:And he's like, what the hell?
Speaker A:We got through.
Speaker A:And then there's.
Speaker A:It's riddled with these random great.
Speaker A:Where he's like, that's the app.
Speaker A:You gotta answer some questions or some.
Speaker A:To get.
Speaker A:Send your text.
Speaker A:And I love that Yo Yo's like, half dead on the table.
Speaker A:He's like, I could code the.
Speaker A:Out of that on the ride home.
Speaker A:It's fantastic.
Speaker A:And what a genius app.
Speaker B:Oh, yeah.
Speaker A:That should exist, huh?
Speaker A:Good God.
Speaker A:The amount of drunk text I've said in my life that I'm like, oh, can I have that back?
Speaker B:Just kidding.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:But what I love about that specifically as well is that it changes, Right.
Speaker B:With who they're talking to.
Speaker B:So, again, it's the adaptability of knowing who you're talking to.
Speaker B:So they're talking to the girl or when they're talking to Lyle.
Speaker B:It's very uplifting.
Speaker B:Boost your confidence.
Speaker B:And when they're talking to whoever Dylan o' Brien's character is.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:It's very much like, dude, there is a set of titties in your face and you are missing it.
Speaker B:Let's just raise that chin up three inches.
Speaker B:I promise you'll love it.
Speaker A:Stewart.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:He's like, don't call me that.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:And so it's that.
Speaker B:It's that, like, knowing what that person's gonna react to.
Speaker B:And this was.
Speaker B:Salespeople are good at, right?
Speaker B:Or anybody who's worked with people's, you know, reading, taking what you're giving me and figuring out what you're gonna respond to pretty much on the fly.
Speaker B:And so now they're like, okay.
Speaker B:And I figured them out.
Speaker B:And it's essentially the same thing that the nerds are doing with coding and, you know, finding the bug.
Speaker B:It's the exact same thing.
Speaker B:You're just finding this person's bug or this person's error in the code that's there.
Speaker B:And it's just a different way to look at it.
Speaker B:Like, okay, I know how they're going to respond to this, you know, some people need that uplifting, encouraging kind of, you know, rah, rah, rah.
Speaker B:And other people just need to be like, dude, just open up your goddamn eyes.
Speaker B:Right?
Speaker B:Like, I promise you're going to have a good time.
Speaker A:Love it.
Speaker A:That is a great part.
Speaker A:Just look up.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker A:Just.
Speaker B:Just three inches up this way.
Speaker B:I promise you.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:His eyes like.
Speaker A:Oh, she, like, sucks.
Speaker A:I is.
Speaker A:Did you watch the unrated version or the normal.
Speaker B:The normal version.
Speaker A:Did she put his finger in her mouth in the normal version?
Speaker B:Because he.
Speaker A:It's even worse in the unreal.
Speaker A:But I like the subtlety of.
Speaker A:It's just the finger thing.
Speaker A:And he's like, oh.
Speaker A:I will say though, there's a lot of great with this movie, but the thing that I think it could have done without is the whole Owen Wilson.
Speaker B:Yes.
Speaker A:The love story thing.
Speaker A:Like, there's some great moments right.
Speaker A:When they're in the sleep pods and he's like, is this a sleep pod or a chat pod?
Speaker A:Oh, that's right.
Speaker A:It's a nap pod.
Speaker A:You know, whatever it is.
Speaker A:And so there's some great moments in it, but it just felt unnecessary.
Speaker A:And I don't think it moved the story forward at all.
Speaker A:In fact, I think to me, it detracts from what's going on.
Speaker A:Like, I would have been more.
Speaker A:I want more Cheddy.
Speaker A:Like, I want more conversations with Chetty and trying to win him over than I do with her.
Speaker A:Like, and I get they needed that love aspect kind of, but I. I just didn't.
Speaker A:For me, I was like, every time that happens on screen, that's the parts where I could be like, okay, let's skip the next five minutes because there's nothing that's funny that in that and nothing that I really attach myself to feeling like the movie needed.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:So like say same 100%.
Speaker B:Because it, it detracted from it for me because I was like, oh, great, we have to have this love story in here because this is.
Speaker B:This is the time or the era or whatever with the movies.
Speaker B:Got to have a love interest, love story, whatever it is.
Speaker B:But I think you accomplish the same thing and tone it down a little bit because you still have all those conversations where he's flirting with her.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Once again pulling all his detail.
Speaker B:What learned battle about her.
Speaker B:But I think you, you stop it pretty the, you know, the challenge he gives her to go out to eat one time while he's there and then you can have them freaking be at the same restaurant.
Speaker B:And it's just like a Little thing across the.
Speaker B:Across the restaurant.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:A little like Batman, end of the Batman trilogy.
Speaker B:Like Michael Caine, Christian Bale.
Speaker B:Just a little like nod like, okay, I see you type of a thing then, then be done with it.
Speaker B:You don't need the back and forth, but you still have that, you know, leave it a little bit open ended because obviously they get the jobs at Google and then you can, you know, push that kind of into the next film where you push in the future.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:While still having that great.
Speaker B:Kind of keeping the good stuff in there, which is them talking back and forth, those conversations.
Speaker B:And once again, it's just showing that like, hey, you need a little bit more life here.
Speaker B:You need to be.
Speaker B:You need to be people, people people.
Speaker B:Like the tech stuff and everything like that.
Speaker B:That could be done.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:But you need people who actually know how to do or will want to know how to do or want to work together instead of, you know, a bunch of people who are staying at the office until midnight because nobody else can do it.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Kind of what they're, you know, mindset is.
Speaker A:Yeah, I love it.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:The last part I want to talk about is my Josh Gad stealing this entire movie at the end of the movie.
Speaker A:I mean, Jesus Christ.
Speaker A:I.
Speaker A:It's great.
Speaker B:This is the only role I like, Josh Gaddin.
Speaker A:Like, there's not a lot that I go, oh, yeah, Josh Gad.
Speaker A:But this one.
Speaker A:Look at you headphones.
Speaker B:It just.
Speaker A:And I love when he gets after the dude and he's just like, you know, maybe say a lot of words in front of a lot of people.
Speaker A:You're an for that.
Speaker A:You're a real dick for that.
Speaker B:Look at me.
Speaker A:Look at me.
Speaker A:You just.
Speaker A:Casey and I do that all the time.
Speaker A:You just made me say a whole lot of words in front of a whole lot of people.
Speaker A:You're a real dick for that, you know, you are not a Googler.
Speaker A:Yeah, Steals it, dude.
Speaker A:Like absolutely steals in that scene.
Speaker A:So I just.
Speaker A:It's.
Speaker A:It's the great apex of this film.
Speaker A:Right.
Speaker A:That culmination of all this stuff coming together.
Speaker A:And they spent a little bit of time hanging out with this little dude that doesn't speak, says some words and then, you know, he's observing everything, but it comes together that this is the guy.
Speaker A:I just love the way Josh Gad plays that.
Speaker A:It's so perfect.
Speaker B:And it's interesting too, because it's like the big defining moment is when he's.
Speaker B:He helps Vince Vaughn study.
Speaker B:Right.
Speaker B:It's that going way against what his Normal thing is, yeah, he's never going out of his way to talk to people, interact people or anything like that.
Speaker B:But he does with Vince Vaughn, Right.
Speaker B:And so he recognizes that the salesman type person that you can anytime, anywhere you go, talk to a salesperson, and they will talk to you about anything.
Speaker B:It's one.
Speaker B:It's one of the greatest and worst things about them.
Speaker B:But you see, like, this guy who has no social skills whatsoever, doesn't really care about it, doesn't focus on it, and he makes the move to go and instigate a conversation.
Speaker B:And because of Vince Vaughn, who his character is like, oh, yeah, I'll talk to you, and you're helping me out.
Speaker B:Cool.
Speaker B:And we'll talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.
Speaker B:That really becomes what makes the difference at the end of it.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Is that, you know, you're.
Speaker B:You're being that friendly, open person.
Speaker B:And it's with everybody not doing what Graham and what a lot of people will do, which is, who can I use?
Speaker B:Who can I piggyback off of?
Speaker B:Who can I go learn from?
Speaker B:Which is important.
Speaker B:But sure, it's.
Speaker B:It's the picking and the choosing, the attitude.
Speaker B:Once you realize that, like, oh, hey, I actually can't use you for anything, so I don't need you anymore.
Speaker B:Get out.
Speaker A:Yeah, I love that moment, too.
Speaker A:Regret.
Speaker A:Who are you?
Speaker A:Yeah, that's the head of search job here.
Speaker A:I love it.
Speaker A:All right, should we rate it?
Speaker B:Let's do it.
Speaker A:All right.
Speaker A:I want to give this a 5, but I'm not going to because it does have the weird love story element to it, and I do think that sometimes it does get a little long in the tooth, like they.
Speaker A:It.
Speaker A:I think you could cut a little time off the movie, but I think that comes again from the extra scenes with the love story, things like that.
Speaker A:So I'm giving it a four and a half.
Speaker A:I think it's just a really great movie.
Speaker A:I think it's super underrated.
Speaker A:I almost put it on.
Speaker A:In fact, they may have put it on the vote for Hidden Gems, and it just didn't get voted for.
Speaker A:But I was super glad when this.
Speaker A:When it got voted for on this one, because I was like, I really want to talk about this movie in this.
Speaker A:In this format, because I just really think it doesn't get enough credit.
Speaker A:So if you haven't seen this movie, go watch it.
Speaker A:It's funny, it's heartwarming, it's goofy, and yet it's, like, really touching, too.
Speaker A:And there's some serious conversations that are wrapped in some really great comedy.
Speaker A:And then there's just some really hilarious.
Speaker A:Like the Quidditch game is epic and hilarious.
Speaker A:And the brainstorming and the coding is also like, let's let it percolate.
Speaker A:Like that just makes me laugh.
Speaker A:So.
Speaker A:Yeah, go check this one out.
Speaker A:I'll definitely watch this one anytime.
Speaker A:Find it.
Speaker A:Very funny.
Speaker A:Well done movie.
Speaker B:I'm gonna be right there with you.
Speaker B:Four and a Half.
Speaker B:It's definitely what it qualified for.
Speaker B:The hidden gem.
Speaker B:Kind of.
Speaker B:I think I remember seeing it on the list that went out.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:But I.
Speaker B:It works well here as well for being.
Speaker B:Because those funny parts are just so freaking funny.
Speaker B:And it's.
Speaker B:It's got that good feeling.
Speaker B:Great movie overall that goes with it as well.
Speaker B:I think I could have done that.
Speaker B:The Love Story.
Speaker B:And I will say this might have been the longest two hour movie I've ever seen.
Speaker B:Yeah.
Speaker B:Like, and I don't know why, because it, like looking at it, there's not a whole lot that I would trim back or anything.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's just a weird kind of way that they put it together probably.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker B:Or it could be a simple fact is like just the.
Speaker B:The funny.
Speaker B:You think more time is going by than actually is because you're just laughing and you're, you know, convulsing your internal organs when that's happening and think time has gone by.
Speaker B:But I will, I will definitely watch this again.
Speaker B:I've seen a couple times before.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:It's one of those that does fly under the radar for me on occasion.
Speaker B:But it's.
Speaker B:It's also one where I could sit down just.
Speaker B:Yeah, I could just watch the Quidditch game over and over and over again.
Speaker B:Just dying.
Speaker B:But all the like, nerd references that Lyle makes.
Speaker A:Oh yeah.
Speaker B:With coding and Star wars and like it's two prong theme.
Speaker B:You're on the forest moon and.
Speaker B:Or you're on the Death Star and it's not a trap.
Speaker A:Yeah.
Speaker A:He's very funny in this movie and.
Speaker B:It'S unfortunate because he is so funny.
Speaker B:But he like going up against Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, like, you're already gonna be punching way above your weight.
Speaker B:And so he gets hit a little bit.
Speaker B:But it's.
Speaker B:It's such a well put together movie that, I mean.
Speaker B:Yeah, I'll watch it again.
Speaker B:It was great.
Speaker A:Four and a Half Chetty's another one that stuck out to me is funny.
Speaker A:And that actor's not someone that I equated to funny.
Speaker A:But this movie, like, I love the part where they're talking about, like, the free food and shit.
Speaker A:And he's like, so what would you.
Speaker A:Can I take, like, a pudding?
Speaker A:And then he goes.
Speaker A:He's like, what about maybe some leftover pizza or some ice cream?
Speaker A:And Jenny said they go, okay, so you want to take home ice cream, pizza and pudding.
Speaker A:Anything else?
Speaker B:Yeah, he gets like seven things.
Speaker A:And the fact that he remembers it.
Speaker A:Or like the red sticks and the blue, like the green sticks and everybody's holding up red and they got green and it's like, oh, dude, those scenes just killed me.
Speaker A:So, yeah, I was really.
Speaker A:I was impressed.
Speaker A:Not somebody I'd equate with comedy, but he was really funny in this movie, so.
Speaker A:All right, Alec.
Speaker A:Well, when we're not hunting down new internships, where else can people find us?
Speaker B:You're not gonna lie.
Speaker B:Google internship would be really fun, especially if it looks the same as it does now.
Speaker B:Yeah, I could have some fun there.
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